Ultimate Hard Quiz on Healing Botanicals

Delve into the intricate chemistry and origins of plants powering modern drugs and ancient remedies.

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
Which plant provides the antimalarial compound quinine from its bark?
Question 1
2
What is the primary source of the anticancer drug paclitaxel?
Question 2
3
From which plant are the alkaloids vinblastine and vincristine derived?
Question 3
4
Which species yields reserpine, used historically for hypertension?
Question 4
5
The stimulant ephedrine originates from which plant?
Question 5
6
What cardiac glycoside comes from Digitalis purpurea leaves?
Question 6
7
Morphine, a key opioid analgesic, is isolated from which plant's latex?
Question 7
8
Pilocarpine, used for glaucoma, comes from the leaves of which plant?
Question 8
9
Which plant's rhizome is the source of the alkaloid galanthamine for Alzheimer's?
Question 9